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" Communicative Practices and Social Integration: an Intergenerational Study of Women of Turkish Descent in Northeastern France "
Baskin, Feray Jacky
Suslak, Daniel F.
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Latin Dissertation
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English
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1055561
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TL54678
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Baskin, Feray Jacky
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Communicative Practices and Social Integration: an Intergenerational Study of Women of Turkish Descent in Northeastern France\ Baskin, Feray JackySuslak, Daniel F.
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Indiana University
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2020
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Ph.D.
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2020
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287 p.
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What linguistic practices are expected from Muslim immigrants and their children in France? And if the French society is unwilling to accept Muslim immigrants, does it matter how compatible their cultural and linguistic practices are or how hard they try to fit in? To answer these questions, I conducted linguistic anthropological fieldwork with Turkish immigrants in the town of Villeboch, in Alsace, France. I used an ethnographic approach that included participant observation and semi-structured interviews in participants’ homes, workplaces, and Turkish cultural Associations. I investigated their efforts to fit into the community and the degree to which they were able to find acceptance. I examined their linguistic repertoires and attitudes and how these varied by generation. I paid particular attention to naming patterns, media use, and the role that Turkish cultural Associations are playing. This research challenges the concepts of assimilation and integration found in recent sociological research on Muslim immigration in Western Europe (e.g., Tribalat 2013) and proposes instead a bottom-up approach to understanding how immigrant culture meshes with host culture. It reveals that integration is happening, but in a very selective fashion. For instance, French first names were chosen to avoid discrimination, while traditional names helped to express Turkish identity. Their patterns of media consumption helped to reinforce their Turkish identity and foster an appreciation for the Turkish language among French-born relatives. Meanwhile, speaking German and using local Alsatian expressions gave economic opportunities to Turkish women and helped them successfully claim regional affiliation, if not French national identity. Finally, their local Turkish cultural Associations played a key role in how they engaged with the broader community of Villeboch. The French-born members of the Turkish immigrant repeatedly defined their identities more in local and regional terms than in national terms, suggesting that social and linguistic integration is playing out unevenly across France.
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Communication
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Sociolinguistics
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Womens studies
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Suslak, Daniel F.
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Indiana University
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